Losing My Place but Finding Happiness Between the Pages

Oh hello there! I had some big goals for April since I did so well with March blogging, but as it often does, life got in the way. I need to figure out how to make sure blogging becomes a staple in my life no matter what I get caught up in. Anyway, I am still determined to call April a success by finishing out The Bookending Spring Event. The rules speak to my heart because they are so simple–at least 3 posts that aren’t reviews. There is even a list of (optional) prompts! This is my second post for the Bookending Spring event. My last post detailed what makes me pick up a book .

I was tagged by Kaylee and didn’t realize it until I went to tag people and saw in my notifications that she tagged me! I randomly picked this tag today so I feel like it’s fate that it worked out so well! Also, I really need to fix the WordPress app on my phone so that I can get notifications again!

Lets get into it!

1 WHY DID YOU START BLOGGING & WHY HAVE YOU KEPT BLOGGING?

I started this blog because I wanted to take a break from Booktube but still wanted to have a platform to dump my thoughts about what I was reading. I am very active on Book Twitter but it is not a platform conducive to extended thoughts and feelings on things. I created my design, header, and basic goals in one day. At the time, I was traveling as a passenger on a 3 hour commute so thats what I spent my time doing. I had an idea to create a blog, and I immediately went and did it. The same thing happened with Booktube but I ultimately couldn’t keep up with the demands that Booktube has (filming, editing, interaction, etc.).

I understand that deciding to blog does not eliminate the huge responsibility of interaction. But I also understand that I get what I give, so it is not a surprise or a letdown to see my blog grow very very slowly. I need to improve on my interaction, and maybe one day I will. But for me, typing on a computer is much more manageable than filming, editing, etc.

2 WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF BLOG POST TO WRITE?

I really like writing my reviews. I know not many people read them, but 99% of the time, my reviews have spoilers in them and I know some people (ahem, me!) love spoilers because the spoiler is often what I want to discuss and rave about. I also love a good tag because I love lists!

3 WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 3 FAVOURITE BLOG POSTS?

4 WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS TO DO TO RELAX?

Relaxing comes in the form of a kid free evening to do with what I want. That usually includes eating take out and curling up on the couch to watch a good movie or read a book I am engrossed in. Basically, I love being lazy to relax.

5 WHAT ARE 3 OF YOUR FAVOURITE THINGS?

Reading, family outings, planning

6 WHAT ARE YOUR PROUDEST BLOGGING MOMENTS?

Reaching 100 followers! I am honestly shocked that I have that many. I realize that this number is small. But for how infrequent I post and interact, I am so pleased to have 100 people hit the “follow” button. I am not worthy!

7 WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES OUTSIDE OF BLOGGING?

I am a practicing Pagan and I promise its not as weird as you might thing. I basically like to do focus meditations that are a little more in depth during certain cycles of the season and moon.

I also love planning. There is an entire planning community out on the internet and I discovered it about 4 years ago. I keep a detailed weekly/monthly planner that I built on my own. I have my entire life in there (budgeting, school, reading logs, etc.).

8 DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY IN 3 WORDS

Passionate, loyal, thoughtful

9 WHAT ARE YOUR TOP 3 PET PEEVES

This is a hard one because I can only think of the pet peeves that only certain people do. Person A could do the exact same thing as Person B but it would only bother me if person A did it and not person B based on who they are.

10 WHAT’S SOMETHING YOUR FOLLOWERS DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU?

Something that I don’t talk about much is that I have multiple sclerosis. I am thinking about writing about it more and creating a sort of side project for those posts. I have a lot of internal thoughts and fears about my diagnosis but don’t often express it to anyone. Be on the look out for that!

3 thoughts on “Behind The Blogger + Bookending Spring”

Thank you for the tag, lovely! I’ve done this one but I loved reading your answers. ♥ I also totally agree with you on the pet peeves differing from one person to another thing. It’s funny how that works.

I really appreciated how you talked about reviews! I’ve actually gotten more into writing them this year and I’ve been really enjoying it! I really enjoy the experience of putting all my thoughts in one place like that and I love the finished product so that makes me happy even if not a lot of people read them!

Congrats on 100 followers, I know what an impressive and exciting milestone it is! 💕💕